Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poems

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11.
Oh You Gatherer

Oh you gatherer
      of the fine ash of poetry
            ash of the too-white flame
                  of poetry
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12.
A Vast Confusion

Long long I lay in the sands

Sounds of trains in the surf
in subways of the sea
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13.
Underwear

I didn’t get much sleep last night
thinking about underwear
Have you ever stopped to consider
underwear in the abstract
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14.
Populist Manifesto No. 1

Poets, come out of your closets,
Open your windows, open your doors,
You have been holed-up too long
in your closed worlds.
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15.
The Great Chinese Dragon

The great Chinese dragon which is the greatest dragon in all the
world and which once upon a time was towed across the
Pacific by a crew of coolies rowing in an open boat—was
the first real live dragon ever actually to reach these shores
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16.
Number 20

The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with unreality
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17.
An Elegy On The Death Of Kenneth Patchen

A poet is born
A poet dies
And all that lies between
is us
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18.
The Changing Light

The changing light
                 at San Francisco
       is none of your East Coast light
                none of your
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19.
Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace

One grand boulevard with trees
with one grand cafe in sun
with strong black coffee in very small cups.
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20.
Driving A Cardboard Automobile Without A License

Driving a cardboard automobile without a license
      at the turn of the century
   my father ran into my mother
                  on a fun-ride at Coney Island
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